Germantown

Woman, 71, Dies After Being Struck by SEPTA Bus

Investigators found one of her shoes close to the intersection where she was hit and another some 50 to 60 feet away, police said

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A woman died after being hit by a SEPTA bus and possibly another vehicle Wednesday night in Philadelphia, police said.

The 71-year-old woman was near the intersection of Greene Street and West Walnut Lane in the Germantown neighborhood around 9:28 p.m. Wednesday when the bus struck her, Philadelphia Police Department Inspector D.F. Pace said.

Pace initially said the woman was struck by a hit-and-run driver and then by the bus, but he later said it was unclear whether a vehicle other than the bus hit her first. The victim lived only about a block from where she was struck, the police inspector said.

“There’s some conflicting evidence with respect to witness testimony on scene,” he said.

What did appear to have happened is that the woman was dragged “a considerable distance,” Pace said. Investigators found one of her shoes close to the intersection where she was hit and another some 50 to 60 feet away, he said.

SEPTA confirmed that a northbound Route 65 bus was involved in a collision with a pedestrian, but the agency referred all other questions to the PPD.

“There’s going to be a lot of investigation involved in this horrible, tragic accident,” Pace said.

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